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I need to move some trees; kwanzan cherry, purple leaf plum, cornus kousa, japanese maple; into new boxes on a Manhattan terrace. The old cedar boxes are disintegrating, and I plan to move them into new 28" square teak boxes in early March. I plan to break the old boxes to remove the trees, tip the trees on their sides, tip the boxes, and have several strong men lift/slide the trees into the new boxes, righting them as they go. Has anyone ever done this and if so can you offer any hints as to how to make this safe and successful? Also, other than pruning any roots that look damaged, I was not planning on doing any root pruning. But is that correct? I hope to do this before bud break, to minimize the shock to the trees. You can see the problem in the photo of the tree on the left.
Any advice would be most welcome.
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